Lee Byunghan & Han Jimin To Star In ‘The Koreans’, Remake Of FX’s ‘The Americans’, At Disney+

Lee Byunghun (Squid Game) and Han Jimin (Heavenly Ever After) are set to star in The Koreans, a reimagining of FX’s The Americans, at Disney+.

Production has begun on the series, which will stream exclusively on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in the U.S.

Set during the wave of democratization and cultural modernization that swept across South Korea in the early 1990s, The Koreans will follow a middle-class family hiding a treasonous secret. While seemingly ordinary citizens in the eyes of their friends, neighbors and even their children, both parents actually are elite North Korean spies working to bring down the South from within. Highlighting the stark difference between these two formerly united countries, the series will follow the spies as they wrestle with conflicting feelings of patriotism, loyalty, identity and love, while a ruthless Korean counterintelligence agent draws ever closer to discovering their identities.

Produced by Imaginus and Studio AA, the series is directed by Ahn Gilho (The Glory) and adapted by Park Eunkyo (Made in Korea, Mother) from FX’s The Americans, which aired six seasons from 2013-18.

Created by Joe Weisberg, showrun by Joel Fields and Weisberg and starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, The Americans won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama and was named an AFI TV Program of the Year for five consecutive seasons.

The Koreans joins Disney+ APAC’s expanding slate of Korean originals, alongside titles such as Tempest, Made in Korea and The Tyrant.